Too Much Happiness

ISBN: 0771065299

Author: Munro, Alice

Condition: New

An international literary event: Ten new stories from a beloved and award-winning author.This stunning collection of new stories demonstrates once again why Alice Munro is celebrated as a pre-eminent master of the short story. While some of the stories are traditional, set in Alice Munro Country in Ontario or in B.C., dealing with ordinary womens lives, others have a new, sharper edge. They involve child murders, strange sex, and a terrifying home invasion. By way of astonishing variety, the title story, set in Victorian Europe, follows the last journey from France to Sweden of a famous Russian mathematician. This daring, superb collection proves that Alice Munro will always surprise you.